Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-07
THE %BEAvERhEAD vA,,nr

Notes ON . Trip From Laurin n mr.
The Improvements Visible ''a-
Rosd-The Prosperity Exh,h,,. the
Town and Country. ID
DILLON. NJ. T.. September 1.-rc~
pondence OF The Miner. ]-Leavin, vrorres'
we retrace our route down Alder A., .ls'nla
] aurin. q pleasant little farmino .u to
nifty just below the junction OF Ald..
Ruby Creek. Here is a collection 'na
most productive ranches in Montan." 'ns
their owners Gre corresponding uro, quo
ous. Joe Beaufie carries on the onl, spef.
here, and j. B. Laurin, who has Fl. lo'sl
%storehouse, carries an immense s,ovnls
general merchandise, supplying the wau o.
residents above and below for mill. .es
anything they may wish, from a pead,.
an anchor. From here the Dillon ~"
goes on down the valley to Hvndmo't
Mill. This is q large and complete aou-.
plant and has sufficient capacity to mug
iacture the whole crop OF the VALLEY. r.a
here the road crosses the bench land to IN
Point Of Rocks on Beaverhead p;.sas
which from this point up for twentv.sas..
miles and down to it's junction with i've M
Ruby and Big Hole River runs tbrouas sas
continuous line of magnificent ranges, ~ :
improvements have been erected bv mau mug
of the owners and give the VALLEY an a
surance of it's occupants having com.t.
stay. J. c. Mauldin's elegant home on w. 10
Willow Burn Ranch vas burned to t' w.
ground the same day l passed through AND
was a total loss. 1t is, generally speakiu.a
inconvenient and undesirable to losa vnps,
house by fire, but Mr.. Mauldia being q =
tleman of simple means will at once rebnlilS
an6 usually
MANY IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE
both useful and ornamental in rebuId;n,
A short distance above this Geo. Stand.
her has a beautiful home, and the VALLEY i,
dotted all over with comfortable homes.
Dillon, the county seat OF Beaverhead, ia,
live town. It claims a population OF son
and ia a distributing point for a large Soon
of country, including the Salmon River "a
ton. Merchants here are all busy and d.
ing well. We have here in general merchan.
disc, L. C. Fyhrie & Co., T. w. Poindexter
in dry goods, Louis Kaufms n, formerly n
Glendive, has filled a long felt want and,
doing we'll. As to hotels, the Corinbe, bv
Mrs. Eastman, and the Williamson Houss
are both doing well, as there is a !arrs
transient travel here. The affable Dan
Chapman is still in charge OF the Sebrs
Ferris & White Co. house, and is selling an
immense amount of agricultural MACHINERY
As for refreshments, there is no need Of aoy
onegoing thirs'y. for we have such a list.
and they are all good fellows-Chas Hirsch.
man, VIM. Buson, Layne Il Chaplin, Re-
Holiday and the the Corinne Hotel Sample
Rooms, a branch house of Layne & Chaplin,
but engineered by the genial Billy Laype.
Suffice it to say that I did not suffer for
the good things of this world in Dillon.
MANY SUBSTANTIAL BUILDINGS
have been erected here this season and
there are now fourteen buildings in process
of construction. The county is building a
fine, large Jail building. They have a fine
stone quarry eighteen miles up the river,
close to the U. & N. track, and they make
a beautiful light-colored brick here. Alto.
getner l was very much pleased to note the
permanent improvements that had been
made in TIE past year around the town.
A. s. Rife was just finishing an immense
dairy building, and just above town one Of
u old Butte townsmen, Jos. Linsborn,
has built a large brewery and is building
up a good trade throughout the Bannack,
Argenta and Salmon River country. The
only fault a MINER representative could
find down in this section Is with the rail.
road. Their time of leaving Butte places us
at a disadvantage. But notwithstanding
all this we have a large and constantly in.
creasing list, and as to our Semi !! why,
everybody wants it and nearly all have it.
Dillon people sh"w q truly energetic spirit
in working for the interests OF their town
and it progress 8 accordingly. Yours,
RIG